Former President Donald Trump and his legal team received a copy of the search warrant used to raid Mar-a-Lago on Monday It's now up to the Justice Department to detail the reasons for the unprecedented manipulation, according to a new report.
"No, we will not issue a copy of the warrant."NBC News quoted a source close to the 45th president.
Trump's attorney, Christina Bob, did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation from the Post.
It came a day after Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), who was a member of the Congress, sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for more information.Regarding the evidence used to justify the attack.
“An escalation of this magnitude assumes that the Bureau of Investigation will obtain a court-ordered search warrant and conduct an unannounced search. The president's residence indicates that the federal government has recognized that something in these documents poses a serious and continuing threat to national security."
"Therefore, the evidence presented to the Court justifying the need for this warrant is of great interest to the investigative and legislative activities of this Commission."
United States Justice of the Peace Bruce Reinhart signed a warrant earlier this week allowing federal agents to search the resort, but the contents of the document have not been made public. Some are calling on the Trump side of the legal battle to release all court documents received in connection with the raid to quell speculation.
According to the Miami Herald, her two recent warrant applications assigned to Reinhardt were filed in court on Monday, but the warrants themselves and information about the subjects remained sealed. Another warrant was issued by a judge on Friday, but its contents are also sealed.
Neither the Justice Department nor the FBI have commented since the raid, but the White House claims that no one had prior knowledge of what was happening.
"The Department of Justice is conducting its own investigation and leaving law enforcement matters to the Department of Justice," spokeswoman Carine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday. "It is not appropriate to comment on ongoing investigations."
Federal agents will search Trump's Florida estate on Monday. to break into his safe and wardrobe of former first lady Melania Trump. was focused.
They also searched a locked basement vault that reportedly contained He 15 boxes containing documents from the White House. The documents reportedly included letters to Trump from former President Barack Obama and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Although federal law prohibits the removal of classified documents to unauthorized locations, President Trump has had final authority to declassify the documents during his tenure.
Witnesses to the raid said all the boxes were confiscated.
Mr Trump accused the FBI agent who conducted the search Wednesday of refusing to allow his lawyer to attend the raid. }
"Everyone was told to leave the facility. They wanted to be left alone." "Or hopefully not," Trump said. "Why did they insist that no one could see?" Added.
Sources close to Trump later told the Post that his FBI agent or Justice Department attorney overseeing the raid could have "set something up" for lack of oversight. He said he had concerns about sexuality.